One of the most ancient Bukhara archi­tec­tur­al mon­u­ments — the Samanid mau­soleum — was erect­ed on a vast ter­ri­to­ry, which in past cen­turies served as a bur­ial place for the dead. Accord­ing to his­tor­i­cal infor­ma­tion, the mau­soleum appeared at the end of the 10th cen­tu­ry on the ter­ri­to­ry of the ceme­tery. Its con­struc­tion was led by Ismail Samani, the founder of a famous dynasty that occu­pied the throne for more than a cen­tu­ry, from 875 to 999. It was the last Per­sian dynasty to rule in Cen­tral Asia. It is inter­est­ing that it was the reign of the Samanids that is con­sid­ered the hey­day of the eco­nom­ic and cul­tur­al activ­i­ties of the state.